Flights Detroit → Alpena
DTW → APN
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Alpena has a punctuality rate of 76%, with an average delay of 19 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 152 flights operate on this route, serving the relatively low traffic destination airport which handles about 25,046 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Detroit (DTW) → Alpena (APN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 203 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 14.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 33.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Alpena the average ATFM delay is 0.6 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Alpena: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Alpena (APN) heads north for about 319 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 54% of DTW-APN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Alpena it is 0.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 203 tracked DTW-APN flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 14.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-APN
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Alpena (APN) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 203 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Alpena is 14.78% across 203 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
